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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with a carved sepulchre, columns and niched statues, framed by an arch opening onto distant

Roman Ruins with a Sepulchre

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Engraving of the sacrifice of Iphigenia with a burning altar, a priest, an eagle, a deer, and classical figures.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Nicolas Béatrizet

Engraving of a man leading a saddled horse past a river, a seated figure, large trees and a hilltop town under clouds.

Landscape with a Man Leading a Horse

Battista Franco after Titian

Engraving of Moses striking a rock as water flows out to a crowd of people, camels and cattle in a wooded landscape.

Moses Striking the Rock

Battista Franco Veneziano

Engraving of three reclining nude men with grapes and wine vessels among classical ruins, with a distant city.

The Wine Bibbers

Engraving of a triumphal procession with armored men, a nude central figure, robed women, children and classical buildings.

Triumph

after Jacopo Ripanda Marcantonio Raimondi

Etching of the infant Jesus and kneeling Saint John with a lamb, Virgin Mary and Joseph in a wooded landscape.

The Infant Jesus and Saint John

Engraving of a crowded naval battle with armored warriors on ornate galleys and struggling figures and horses in the sea.

The Trojans Repulsing the Greeks

after Giulio Romano Giovanni Battista Scultori, 1538

Etching of a harbor with a statue of Ferdinand I on a pedestal, bound figures at its base, ships and workers on the quay.

Statue of Ferdinand I

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Etching of workers loading barrels and bales onto an ornate ship at a busy harbor, with a statue at left.

Loading a Ship

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Etching of a crowded ship departing harbor, with figures in rowboats, a quay at left, and warships firing cannons in the dist

Departure of a Ship

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Etching of a busy harbor with ships at a quay, rowboats, figures on the stone pier, and barrels and cannons.

View of Several Houses Facing the Port

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Etching of a galley with sails over its deck moored at a quay, with cannons, figures and a fortress in the background.

Galley with Deck Covered with Sails

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Etching of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats, workers unloading cargo, and fortified walls beneath clouds.

The Fortifications at Livorno

Stefano Della Bella, probably c. 1654/1655

Tonal print of dark-sailed boats on calm water in morning fog, with reflections and a faint horizon.

Boats in a Morning Fog

Henri Charles Guérard, 1887

Etching of tall crumbling stone ruins with arches, overgrown trees, and small figures near the rubble in the foreground.

Ruins

Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst

Drawing of a young boy writing at a desk with an inkwell and books, in a dim room with bookshelves behind him.

The Scholar

Edmond Eugène Valton, 1869

Watercolor of a woman in a dark dress walking past a stone balustrade with urns and statues in a shaded park.

A Promenade in the Park at Sanssouci

Franz Skarbina, 1885

Watercolor of a rocky Capri beach with a cliff, breaking waves, a moored wooden boat, and a swimmer in the sea.

The Beach at Marina Piccola, Capri

Franz Skarbina, 1883

Etching of a town gate arch by a river, with trees, gabled houses, a round tower and a small rowboat on the water.

Small Town (Town Gate at Gorkum?)

Watercolor of Venice with a domed church, bell tower, sailboats on the lagoon, and pedestrians on the waterfront.

Venice

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Etched landscape with a twisted tree, two walking figures on a winding road, and a wooded pond on the right.

Landscape with a Winding Road

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a winding path, a stream, and small figures on the left.

Landscape with a Stream

Watercolor of a nude figure standing in a canoe, holding a billowing blue cloth as a sail over calm water.

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge, 1895

Etching of a leaning tree over a pond, with a fisherman and dog on the bank and trees receding to the horizon.

Landscape with a Bending Tree

Etched landscape of four large trees on a sandy rise beside water, with two small figures standing on the path at right.

Landscape with Four Trees

Etching of a river landscape with a rocky cliff, tall trees, and two figures with a dog on the foreground bank.

Landscape with River and Rock

Etching of a rocky landscape with a tall stone column on the right, cliffs, trees and distant mountains.

The Column: pl.1

Roelant Roghman and Melchior Küsel

Etching of a rocky valley with steep cliffs, trees, and small travelers with a dog in the lower right.

Rocky Landscape: pl.2

Roelant Roghman and Melchior Küsel

Etched riverscape with a tall rocky cliff on the right, trees along the banks, and figures resting under a large tree on the

Riverscape with Rocks on the Right: pl.3

Roelant Roghman and Melchior Küsel